GRE Word List
CONSANGUINITY
the quality or state of being consanguineous
The meaning of the word consanguinity is the quality or state of being consanguineous.
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| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |